SIU applauds disciplinary action taken against Tembisa Hospital officials

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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the disciplinary action taken against Tembisa
Provincial Tertiary Hospital officials based on findings and recommendations made by the SIU.

This comes after the Gauteng department of health announced this week that it has suspended six of the nine officials that were sighted in the SIU’s report.

While the deputy director for supply chain has since retired, another official a chief physiotherapist has resigned, and a sessional medical officer has since stopped working at the facility.

“The disciplinary action comes after the SIU entered into a secondment agreement with the Gauteng
provincial government to investigate allegations of corruption, fraud and maladministration in matters pertaining to supply chain management processes at Tembisa hospital under the Gauteng department of health,” SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said.

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He further added that the SIU handed over a preliminary investigation report to the Premier of Gauteng in December 2022; and based on the findings of the report, the SIU has since motivated for a proclamation to further investigate supply chain management at the Tembisa hospital.

Kganyago continued; “Once the proclamation is signed and gazetted, and the SIU investigation findings points to undue benefit, the SIU will pursue officials who resign in the face of an investigation or disciplinary action by freezing their pension benefits and institute civil litigation to recover financial losses suffered by state institutions”.